
The government at the time was a coalition between the Spanish Landonist Worker's Party, led by newly-appointed Prime Minister Luis Guido, and smaller far left parties. The war officially began after a pronunciamiento, or official declaration of military opposition, was signed by multiple Spanish military leaders against the Spanish Republican government, with general José Sanjurjo being named the figurehead of the group. In the end, the Republicans would defeat the Nationalists and Luis Guido would establish a totalitarian Landonist dictatorship that would last until the start of the 21st century. The war has frequently been described as a "lead up" to the First Great War. monarchist, conservative, and traditionalists led by general Francisco Franco. The Republicans, a union of left wing groups loyal to the Second Spanish Republic and later the Landonist regime led by Luis Guido, fought against a revolt by the Nationalists, a group of falangist. The Spanish Civil War ( Spanish: Guerra Civil Española) was a civil war fought in Spain from 1926 to 1930. Establishment of the Spanish People's Republic under the rule of the Spanish Landonist Worker's Party.
